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3648796 - Wrong Recurring Pay Component value when Type as Number - Employee Central

Symptom

The recurring pay component configured as Type= Number is defaulting value to "0" in Employee Profile > Compensation Information.

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Environment

  • SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
  • SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central

Reproducing the Issue

Make sure you have a configuration for Pay Component similar to the one below:

Then:

  1. Navigate to Employee Profile.
  2. Go to Compensation Information and see Recurring Pay Components.
  3. Try to insert the configured Pay Component.
  4. Check the value/number/amount displayed in the calculated field.

Cause

Field ID: number-of-units is not enabled in Manage Business Configuration > payComponentRecurring.

Resolution

Enable field ID: number-of-units is not enabled in Manage Business Configuration > payComponentRecurring. And you also need to grant permission to this field, and maintain currency as per Guide Pay Component Types: Number or Percentage.

You may also want to use the subject Pay Component in Pay Scale Level configuration as well as per below:

See Also

Keywords

pay component, recurring payments, calculated amount, number-of-units, number, compensation information, sap successfactors, employee central, wrong value, unit of measure, pay component types, currency, SF, EC, CMP, REC , KBA , LOD-SF-EC-CMP-REC , Recurring Payments , LOD-SF-EC-FOO , Foundation Objects (Organisation, Pay and Job Structures) , LOD-SF-EC-CMP , Compensation Information & One-Time Bonus , Problem

Product

SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central all versions ; SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions

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